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pasar.

market

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpasar/Standard-Indonesian[ˈpa.sar]Standard-Indonesian

  1. market gathering for trading

  2. market spacious site for trading

  3. market group of potential customers

  4. market physical store

  5. market geographical area where a commercial demand exists

  6. market formally organized system of trading in specified goods or effects

  7. market total sum of trading

  8. market the price for which a thing is sold in a market; market value

  9. marketplace an open area in a town housing a public market.

  10. marketplace the space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates.

  11. marketplace the world of commerce and trade.

  12. marketplace a place or sphere for the exchange of anything, such as ideas or fashions.

  13. road

    Medan · dialectal

  14. a unit of time equal to five days

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay pasar (“market”), from Tamil பசார் (pacār, “bazaar”), from Classical Persian بازار (bāzār, “market”), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wʾčʾl /⁠wāzār⁠/, “market”). Doublet of bazar. * Semantic loan from Javanese pasar (“a unit of time equal to five days”, literally “market”). * Semantic loan from Minangkabau [Term?].

adj/ˈpasar/Standard-Indonesian[ˈpa.sar]Standard-Indonesian

  1. colloquial; vernacular; vulgar

  2. slippery (the grass is dead on the road that is often used)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay pasar (“market”), from Tamil பசார் (pacār, “bazaar”), from Classical Persian بازار (bāzār, “market”), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wʾčʾl /⁠wāzār⁠/, “market”). Doublet of bazar. * Semantic loan from Javanese pasar (“a unit of time equal to five days”, literally “market”). * Semantic loan from Minangkabau [Term?].

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